The Raiders, of course, accepted this same deal in real life, sending Khalil Mack and a second-round pick to the Bears for two first-round picks and a third-rounder. The AI running the Raiders on Madden 19 rejected it, and, judging by the “Trade Interest Level” meter, the video game version of Jon Gruden wasn’t even close to accepting it.

But don’t start roasting the Raiders just yet. I fired up Madden and tried offering the same deal to the Bears. They declined it, too…

Look at that interest meter! From Madden’s perspective, this trade is actually a win for the Raiders. In reality, we shouldn’t be evaluating deals based on video games that can’t take a player’s exorbitant real-life contract demands into account.

For Bears fans hoping to see Mack play a significant role next Sunday (or using this as proof the trade was a major coup for their team), it’s important to remember real football and Madden are not the same…

Nagy on Mack, Wk 1: "It's not like being able to plug someone in on Madden and say go sack the quarterback. We'll see where he's at." #Bears

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